A company doesn’t have to be cool to make an impact — just ask Microsoft. The tech giant is, depending on the day, either the most-valuable company on earth or… Read More
Kevin Lin is computer software engineer who has an endless curiosity about technology and people and he likes to keep himself busy at the intersection of those two things. Born… Read More
Inhospitable work cultures, isolation and lack of upward mobility. With the job market as strong as it is today in the tech industry, it’s unthinkable that anyone would tolerate those… Read More
Simplicity Consulting recently added two new members to its all-female leadership team. Stephanie Chacharon has taken over as the firm’s marketing director. Chacharon comes to Simplicity from fashion startup Fitcode,… Read More
The Google Assistant finished tops among the digital brains that power smart speakers in an extensive Q&A test, answering nearly 88 percent of queries correctly. The test by Minnesota venture… Read More
Koverse CEO Jon Matsuo would love to tell you all about the cool ways that his startup is helping the U.S. government, global bio-pharmaceutical companies, global finance organizations and market-leading… Read More
People in Seattle and the other cities or unincorporated areas of King County, Wash. now can text emergency responders for help, in addition to calling. On Thursday, King County announced… Read More
Portland, Ore.-based startup Lumen Learning has reeled in more investment to grow its open digital education course material platform. The company raised more than $5 million for its Series C round,… Read More
Amazon is growing its fleet of cargo aircraft with the lease of 10 additional 767-300 planes that will add capacity to its delivery network. The company has expanded its partnership… Read More
SpaceX has won a $28.7 million fixed-price contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory for experiments in data connectivity involving ground sites, aircraft and space assets — a project that could… Read More
Hundreds of flights have been canceled and tens of thousands of airline passengers have been stranded because of the buzz of unauthorized drones over London’s Gatwick Airport — demonstrating how disruptive… Read More
Those who wanted to take advantage of the chance to snag an Xbox One with no upfront cost only have a week left. Microsoft announced Thursday that it is ending its… Read More
Happy Holidays! As the year comes to a close, it’s all about fun until everyone gets back down to business in January. Hope you have some time off to work… Read More
The Federal Communications Commission says Swarm Technologies must pay a $900,000 fine and be subject to increased scrutiny for having a tiny set of satellites launched without authorization. The penalties… Read More
Redfin and Zillow will face the “first serious test” of their new direct home sales operations in the midst of a slowing real estate market. RELATED: Redfin predicts big real estate… Read More
Glowforge is making its brick-and-mortar debut thanks to a new investment from craft retail giant JOANN. The Seattle startup today announced JOANN as an investor and new national retail partner.… Read More
Is it really possible to be home alone when a voice assistant is always at your beck and call? Famed child actor Macaulay Culkin finds out in a new ad… Read More
Dolly, the app that connects people with trucks to people who need help moving, faces an uncertain future in the state where it got its start. Washington state regulators ordered… Read More
Corel Corporation is acquiring privately held Parallels, best known for its Parallels Desktop for Mac virtualization software. Ottawa-based Corel announced the purchase of the Bellevue, Wash.-headquartered Parallels Thursday morning. Financial… Read More
Facebook plans to pause the sale of political ads for state and local races in Washington by the end of the year. The announcement comes on the heels of a… Read More
After three weeks of checking out the scene on the Red Planet, NASA’s InSight lander has placed its first scientific instrument on the Martian surface. The probe’s robotic arm pulled… Read More
A Russian Soyuz spaceship that stirred up an international fuss over a drill hole and an air leak brought three spacefliers back to Earth from the International Space Station without… Read More
Rocket fans in California may have been disappointed by tonight’s scrub of a Delta 4 Heavy launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, but they received a nice consolation prize: a… Read More
NASA says it is reviewing its network security processes and procedures after a computer break-in exposed Social Security numbers and other personal information about the space agency’s current and past… Read More
T-Mobile, which had planned to launch T-Mobile TV this year, reportedly is delaying its debut until 2019. Bloomberg reports that the project “proved more complex than expected,” citing sources said… Read More
Seattle-based Spaceflight says it’s struck one of its biggest deals for a satellite launch with Brazil’s space research institute, focusing on putting the Amazonia-1 satellite into low Earth orbit in… Read More
Axon, which makes body cameras and smart weapons, will now let its employees bet parts of their compensation on company growth milestones such as revenue, profits and market capitalization, in… Read More
The last couple of years have been rough for home buyers — specifically on the West Coast, where an influx of well-heeled techies has upped competition for limited options. But… Read More
When your team has the longest post-season drought in all of American professional sports, there is little news — short of getting into the playoffs — that will sound like… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO ― Arlan Hamilton looks at the number of startup investments going to companies run by women, people of color and LGBT entrepreneurs, and doesn’t just see disparity, or… Read More